CUISINE

• Traditional Tibetan food consists mainly of barley, meat and dairy products
• Vegetables are scarce because of the high altitude
• Barley Flour; tsampa is the staple food consumed daily at every meal
• Yak yoghurt, butter, and cheese are eaten daily
• They enjoy drinking tea, sweet milk tea, and black tea filtered with fresh milk and sugar

Egusi Soup

Yams can be used in a variety of foods

Buttermilk tea

Tsampa: Ground oat meal mixed with thick creamy milk, then kneaded into dough-like bites

• Barley beer; Chang, is popular, It is mild and slightly sweet and sour; it contains little alcohol
• Palm wine is also a popular alcoholic beverage
• Yam is very important; stable crop eaten a lot especially at New Yam festivals
• African yam is different than American yam. African yam is lighter in color and flavor.
• Typical meal includes a starch and soup or stew prepared with vegetable and fish, chicken beef or goat
• Meat dishes are likely to be yak, goat, or mutton

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